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Poll winner Abe faces Japan jobs challenge

With his election victory, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now has a strengthened hand to face down vested interests in his often factional Liberal Democratic Party at a time when the Japanese labour market is ripe for change. But can he strike the balance between job security and labour-market flexibility? ...

Merrill Lynch, Japan banks expand equity teams

Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch hires Stephen O’Shea of Morgan Stanley to head sales, sales trading and execution services for Japan equity products, and five others as salespeople and sales traders. Mizuho Financial Group, Japan’s third-biggest bank by market value, is also bolstering its equities operations in Japan by hiring six equity staff ...